USD’S MILLS NAMED PFL’S TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYER

USD senior quarterback Mason Mills was named the Pioneer Football League Offensive Player of the Year, it was announced Monday.

Mills led a Toreros team that finished 8-3 and averaged 39 points a game. The Coronado High product completed 66 percent of his passes (256 of 388) for 3,463 yards and 35 touchdowns. He suffered only five interceptions.

Mills won the award by a vote of PFL coaches.

Regarding Mills’ honor, USD head coach Dale Lindsey said, “I’m not surprised. He orchestrated a dangerous offense. You don’t put up the kind of statistics he did without being pretty dang good.”

A four-year starter for the Toreros, Mills will leave USD as the school’s all-time leading passer in yardage (11,099). Mills’ career total ranks second all-time in the PFL’s 21-year history.

“I think it just validates all the hard work I put in during the offseason and the season,” Mills said. “And it reflects on all the time our team put in, especially our offense as a whole.

“You have to put in that time to make our passing game so rhythmic.”

The 6-foot, 195-pound Mills is hoping to continue his playing career, if not in the NFL, in the Canadian Football League.